Quantity Surveyor
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Christian Held
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Life assurance
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Opportunity to purchase health benefits & insurance
Quantity Surveyor
We're looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our team based in covering the Anglian Water region.
Location: Covering the Anglian Water region Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Northampton, Norfolk and East Essex
Hours: Perm, Full time - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.
We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.
As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in managing the commercial aspects of our allocated portfolio. You'll work collaboratively with operational teams and clients to protect contractual entitlements, maximise value, and support the delivery of safe and effective projects. This is an opportunity to develop your commercial skills while contributing to meaningful infrastructure work.
What will you be responsible for?
As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll be working within the commercial team, supporting them in delivering effective commercial management across the portfolio. Your day to day will include:
- Managing day-to-day commercial requirements and preparing contractual notifications, compensation events and quotations
- Maintaining accurate change registers, forecasts, applications and cost reports
- Working closely with operational teams to understand project progress, costs and changes
- Supporting procurement activities, subcontract management and payment processes
- Identifying commercial risks and opportunities early and escalating them appropriately
What are we looking for?
This role of Quantity Surveyor is great for you if:
- You have a relevant Quantity Surveying qualification or are working towards one
- You have experience in a Quantity Surveying or commercial role with a good understanding of cost control and forecasting
- You have strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills with competency in Excel and Microsoft Office
- You communicate clearly and confidently with operational teams, clients and subcontractors
- You're proactive, organised and committed to developing your commercial capability
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.
Rewards and benefits
We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.
Diversity and inclusion
Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.
We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-CH1.
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Location: Cambridge. Huntingdon. Peterborough. Grantham. Lincoln. Norwich
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Vacancy ID: 12374
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Background check: None
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Closing date: 25 Sep 2026
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Contract type: Permanent
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Working hours: Full Time
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Flexible working: Yes
Flexible working could include part time, job share, condensed hours, or flexible start/end times.
